10/25/2007 @ 6:00PM

In Pictures: Seven Reasons Grandma Should Live In Sin

According to Bowling Green State University’s Center for Family and Demographic Studies, the number of people aged 50 and older living together in heterosexual relationships, outside of marriage, grew to 1.8 million in 2006. That’s up 50% from 2000, making “active adults” the fastest-growing segment of opposite-sex couples shacking up. Part of the reason is demographic but remarriage can also lead to host of financial headaches. Here are seven money reasons not to remarry after the age of 50.